Another Israeli Armored Vehicle Destroyed in Gaza

 

Ross Dunn

A second Israeli armored vehicle has been destroyed in Gaza, one day after six soldiers died when an anti-tank bomb wrecked² their personnel carrier. The radical³ group Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for Wednesday's blast, saying the latest attack had killed five more soldiers.

The Israeli armored vehicle was traveling in southern Gaza close to the border of Egypt when it was hit by an explosion.

The blast set off munitions⁵ inside the vehicle, which had been returning from a mission to destroy tunnels used to smuggle⁶ weapons into Gaza from Egypt.

Israeli jet fighters and military helicopters were seen patrolling the area, following the explosion.

Israeli tanks also moved into the edges of a nearby Palestinian refugee camp in Rafah, firing heavy machine guns.

The latest violence comes just one day after a bomb ripped apart another armored personnel carrier, killing⁷ six soldiers in a neighborhood of Gaza City.

Israeli forces have been combing the area for the remains⁸ of the dead soldiers after Palestinian armed groups collected the body parts and put them on display at a news conference.

The Palestinian Authority and Egypt demanded that the remains be handed back to Israel.

Palestinian Minister of Negotiations⁹, Saeb Erekat said there was no case to keep the remains of the soldiers, despite the strong opposition¹⁰ among Palestinians to the Israeli military operations in their areas.

"We condemn¹¹ the Israeli incursion and attacks into Gaza," he said. "Despite all these difficulties, we are exerting every possible effort in order to return the Israeli soldiers' body parts."

At least 11 Palestinians have been killed and more than 100 wounded since the Israelis launched a raid into Gaza City on Tuesday to find and destroy factories used to make weapons.

Four Palestinians were killed on Wednesday when Israeli military helicopters fired missiles into the Zeitoun neighborhood.

Israeli forces have vowed¹³ to keep forces in place there until their comrades' remains are handed over.

Bassam Eid, executive director of the Palestinian Human Rights Monitoring Group, says Palestinian armed groups should give up the body parts.

He says their actions are harming the cause of ordinary Palestinians.

"Unfortunately, I think the Palestinians and the Israelis are living in a big chaos¹⁴ right now, unfortunately." said Bassam Eid. "And to show such kind of body parts on the table during the press conference, I think that this is unhuman attitude from the Palestinian side."

Mr. Eid appealed to both Israel and the Palestinians to abandon the practice of using body parts as possible bargaining chips in negotiations.
注释:
armored vehicle 装甲车辆
wreck¹ [rek] vt. 破坏
personnel carrier 输送车
radical [5rAdik(E)l] adj. 激进的
Islamic Jihad 伊斯兰圣战组织
munition⁴ [mju(:)5niFEn] n. 军需品
incursion [in5k\:F(E)n] n. 侵犯
exert [i^5zE:t] v. 竭尽全力
raid [reid] n. 袭击
Zeitoun 泽图恩，加沙地带的贫民区
vow¹² [vau] v. 发誓
hand over 移交
executive director 执行董事
Human Rights Monitoring Group 人权监测委员会
chaos [5keiRs] n. 混乱的状态
press conference 记者招待会
chips [tFips] n. 筹码

 

1 wreck   

n.失事，遇难；沉船；vt.(船等)失事，遇难

参考例句：

• Weather may have been a factor in the wreck.天气可能是造成这次失事的原因之一。
• No one can wreck the friendship between us.没有人能够破坏我们之间的友谊。

2 wrecked   

adj.失事的，遇难的

参考例句：

• the hulk of a wrecked ship 遇难轮船的残骸
• the salvage of the wrecked tanker 对失事油轮的打捞

3 radical   

n.激进份子，原子团，根号；adj.根本的，激进的，彻底的

参考例句：

• The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
• She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。

4 munition   

n.军火；军需品；v.给某部门提供军火

参考例句：

• The rebels bombed the munition factory.叛军轰炸了兵工厂。
• The soldiers had plenty of arms and munition!士兵们有充足的武器和弹药！

5 munitions   

n.军火，弹药；v.供应…军需品

参考例句：

• The army used precision-guided munitions to blow up enemy targets.军队用精确瞄准的枪炮炸掉敌方目标。
• He rose [made a career for himself] by dealing in munitions.他是靠贩卖军火发迹的。

6 smuggle   

vt.私运；vi.走私

参考例句：

• Friends managed to smuggle him secretly out of the country.朋友们想方设法将他秘密送出国了。
• She has managed to smuggle out the antiques without getting caught.她成功将古董走私出境，没有被逮捕。

7 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

8 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

9 negotiations   

协商( negotiation的名词复数 )； 谈判； 完成（难事）； 通过

参考例句：

• negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
• Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。

10 opposition   

n.反对，敌对

参考例句：

• The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
• The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。

11 condemn   

vt.谴责，指责；宣判(罪犯)，判刑

参考例句：

• Some praise him,whereas others condemn him.有些人赞扬他，而有些人谴责他。
• We mustn't condemn him on mere suppositions.我们不可全凭臆测来指责他。

12 vow   

n.誓(言)，誓约；v.起誓，立誓

参考例句：

• My parents are under a vow to go to church every Sunday.我父母许愿，每星期日都去做礼拜。
• I am under a vow to drink no wine.我已立誓戒酒。

13 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

14 chaos   

n.混乱，无秩序

参考例句：

• After the failure of electricity supply the city was in chaos.停电后，城市一片混乱。
• The typhoon left chaos behind it.台风后一片混乱。